10.4.9 Won't complete install

Hello,
Hope someone can help. I downloaded 10.4.9(3 times) and each time it quits installing at 4% and says "there were errors installing the software. Please quit and try again later". I have a 2 gig G5 w/ 10.4.8, 4.5 gig memory and an XT800 graphics card, 2 internal drives.
Please help.
Mark

Hello Mark.
You should fix any filesystem issues before trying anything else. Under no circumstances should you install anything, much less a system update, if there something amiss in the filesystem.
If Disk Utility reports problems it cannot fix, even when starting up from a different disk, you’ll have to either erase the disk and restore from a backup or try a more powerful disk utility, such as DiskWarrior, TechTool Pro, or Drive Genius.
The “Disk Utility cannot repair the disk” section of the following article has some additional information you may also find useful:
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